China's Lenovo says it will enter the netbook market in October with the "super-slim, super-small" $399 IdeaPad S10 running Windows XP. It also "plans to introduce netbook models designed specifically for students and educators."

Greenpeace has continued its fight with Apple by releasing an updated version of its Guide to Greener Electronics (PDF). This ranks China's Lenovo first with a spiffing 8/10 with Apple in last place with a humiliating 2.7/10. Of course, Apple could easily get a much higher score with little effort and at no cost just by putting dates on some of its committments to adopt certain practices. Why not simply do that?

"Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd will lay off about 5% of its global workforce as part of a restructuring the company expects will save it $250 million. The layoff of 1,000 full-time employees out of its 21,400 workers worldwide will occur over the next six months to a year," reports AP.

Last week, The New York Times floated the idea that IBM was negotiating to sell its PC business to China's biggest PC manufacturer, Lenovo -- formerly (and better) known as Legend. It now has a follow-up piece about the company: An Unknown Giant Flexes Its Muscles.